UK digital television industry association the Digital TV Group has unveiled the latest technical specification enhancements for Freeview and Freeview HD – as the digital television industry gathers for its annual Summit on 2 March in London. Enhancements to the ‘D-Book’ – which sets out the detailed technical standards for digital terrestrial television in the […]
Italy’s Telecom Italia Media is in advanced negotiations for a new DTT channel as part of a joint venture with an unnamed partner, according to CEO, Giovanni Stella. During the conference call to present the preliminary results for 2011, Stella said that Telecom Italia Media will have a 30 per cent stake in the joint […]
TV and video platform specialist Vision247 has launched the Vision TV Network, delivering live streamed international broadcasts via compliant FreeviewHD-connected devices. The service enables broadcasters and video content owners to broadcast their channels over the Internet, to all FreeviewHD-enabled devices in the UK. Vision247’s own channel, Vision TV Network, aggregates premium channels from national broadcasters […]
Freeview, the UK’s biggest digital television service, has revealed that after strong quarterly sales of 1.3 million Freeview HD televisions and STBs, the number of Freeview HD units sold reached 4.4 million by the end of December 20111. The strong sales performance of Freeview HD is echoed across the product portfolio; year-on-year sales of Freeview […]
India is welcoming foreign investment in its digital cable TV sector, and has set a Foreign Direct Investment cap of 74 per cent for non-Indian investors. The new limit applies to DTH, IPTV, mobile TV, and digital cable distribution. The newly set cap replaces a number of other assorted investment limits within the TV sector. […]
T-VIPS, a specialist in professional video contribution and distribution solutions, has announced the launch of the TNS547 DTT Monitor for DVB-T and DVB-T2 Networks, which it claims provides true end-to-end monitoring for DVB-T and DVB-T2 operators. The TNS547 is the newest member of the T-VIPS nSure product line and is designed to ensure the delivery […]
The Spanish broadcast transmission agency Abertis Telecom will have to pay a €13.7 million fine for abuse of dominant position in the DTT market. The fine is imposed by the National Competition Commission (CNC) following a complaint by SES Astra. In its ruling, the CNC argues that Abertis Telecom was preventing other operators from […]
Vision247 has confirmed that France 24, the leading French international news channel, is now available in all British homes with FreeviewHD enabled televisions. Broadcasting on the Vision TV Network on FreeviewHD channel 110, France 24 covers international current events. Powered by Vision247, TeleFrance uses the FreeviewHD electronic programme guide (EPG) to deliver new channels from […]
Spain’s Hispasat is making DTT available to all Portugal to avoid over the air distribution problems. The most widely watched Portuguese DTT channels RTP1, RTP2, SIC and TVI are being distributed by Hispasat at 30 degrees West to those regions and areas with reception problems. STBs and dishes to access the satellite signals are being subsidised with viewers only paying €40. Buyers of […]
Sub-Saharan Africa’s household totals (148 million at end-2011, rising by 20 million over the next six years) are fast approaching similar levels to Western Europe, according to a new report from Digital TV Research. However, the region’s TV household total (38 million at end-2011 – or a quarter of homes) is only equal to the […]